Bad week overall

1. Western Ky - Beat a good La Tech team
2. Southern Miss - Handled a bad FCS team as they should
3. ODU - Beat a FCS team
4. MT - Played well against #2 Alabama (Score was similar to the Wisconsin game)
5. La Tech - Made it a game with Western
6. FAU - Game was close for awhile
7. FIU - Almost beat Indiana
8. Rice - Was hoping for an upset
9. Charlotte - Beat a bad FCS school
10. Marshall - Embarrassing
11. UTEP - Blown out
12. UTSA - Blown out
13 NT - Embarrassing

1. WKU lucky so far but so injured we won't stay first long
2. Southern Miss. After seeing how Mississippi State played LSU last night!
3. La Tech Solid and people will see
4. MT looks solid and with some stupid turnovers would have game Bama a better game
5. FAU. Just fix turn overs and your there!
6. FIU turnovers cost the Indiana game
7. Marshall. Birdsong better get singing I tune!
8. ODU just not seen them play a good team yet
9. Rice. Disappointed
10. Charlotte impressed but not seen a real FBS team yet
11. UTSA looked good against Arizona......then.....
12. UTEP What the heck?
13. North Texas . Well........ is what it is

(09-13-2015 10:40 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  Bad week overall

1. Western Ky - Beat a good La Tech team
2. Southern Miss - Handled a bad FCS team as they should
3. ODU - Beat a FCS team
4. MT - Played well against #2 Alabama (Score was similar to the Wisconsin game)
5. La Tech - Made it a game with Western
6. FAU - Game was close for awhile
7. FIU - Almost beat Indiana
8. Rice - Was hoping for an upset
9. Charlotte - Beat a bad FCS school
10. Marshall - Embarrassing
11. UTEP - Blown out
12. UTSA - Blown out
13 NT - Embarrassing

It was a disaster this weekend. I believe we have some good teams but didn't play well this weekend. I am rooting for WKU to win out until the championship game. It was so weird having to rely on FIU for the win the conference needed and they didn't disappoint as they found a way to lose.

Most disappointing was Rice. Rice lost to a terrible Texas team because of horrible special teams.

MU will at least eat some humble pie.

NT once again proves that if you have zero offense, it's hard to beat a OK SMU team.

This maybe USMs year as the west is up for grabs.

Well at least this will stop the debate between CUSA and the aac. Unless CUSA plays better it isn't close and I would argue the MAC is better than CUSA.

1) WKU
2) La Tech
3) Southern Miss
4) FIU
5) MTSU
6) Marshall
7) Rice
8) FAU
9) UTSA
10) ODU
11-13) UTEP/Charlotte/UNT

Conference play will be very competitive this year.

1) WKU -- beat LA Tech in a good game.
2) MT -- skill match-up with Alabama, mistakes killer.
3) USM -- victory expected against FCS Pee
4) La Tech -- close game against WKU
5) FIU -- another close P5 loss, showing promise
6) Marshall -- disappointing loss to Bobcats
7) ODU -- not a great showing vs FCS Norfolk
8) FAU -- showed signs of potential, injuries though
9) Rice -- not a very good game versus Texas
10) UTSA -- offense pooped the bed versus K-State
11) Charlotte -- another game, another win
12) UTEP -- defensive collapse versus TX Tech
13) UNT -- major failures against SMU

1-12 Pick 'em
13. UAB (not to offend)
14-19. A few high schools in the CUSA geographical area.
20-22. A couple middle schools in the CUSA geographical area.
23. I'm sure there's a pretty decent Pop Warner team out there.
24. UTEP

Way too early to melt down.

We did better than the MWC this week. Air Force was there only win. Now that's a bad weekend.

(09-13-2015 11:59 AM)Cscollis Wrote:  We did better than the MWC this week. Air Force was there only win. Now that's a bad weekend.

They played San Jose State, so the MWC also lost that game too.

0-10 OOC for the MWC last week. Everyone just assumes they are the best league. I don't get it.

In ODU's defense, the weather was pretty nasty. The game was delayed an hour before kickoff, again for an hour and a half at halftime, and it rained pretty much the entire game. There was pretty much no way to get any kind of passing game going.

1. WKU
2. La Tech, USM, MT, FIU
6. Marshall, Rice, FAU
9. UTSA, ODU
11. UTEP, North Texas
13. Charlotte

(09-13-2015 10:59 AM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote:  4. MT looks solid and with some stupid turnovers would have game Bama a better game
5. FAU. Just fix turn overs and your there!
6. FIU turnovers cost the Indiana game

9. Rice. Disappointed

And turnovers cost us our game, too.

(09-13-2015 11:06 AM)Cscollis Wrote:  Most disappointing was Rice. Rice lost to a terrible Texas team because of horrible special teams.

We have to fix special teams, but Turnovers hurt us more.

Fix two special teams breakdowns and get rid of 4 egregious turnovers (of our 5), and we'd have dominated Texas on the scoreboard the way we did at the line of scrimmage.

Lots of positives for this game too, hopefully our running game will serve as our bread and butter in conference play.

But based on two weeks body of work I think the consensus of this thread that has us in #7-#9 range is hard to argue against. Glad that North Texas is up next.

Don't get me wrong, with hosting LTU,WKU, and surging USM all at home, Rice can still contend. But we need to put some things together.

I won't rank everyone but I do also agree WKU asserted as the front runner.

Gonna be interesting to see how the last week of the season's power rankings stack up to the first two weeks. Still a lot of on the job learning happening for our programs.

Week 2 Power Rankings: Week 3 can only get better right?

1. WKU- Vandy looked good vs. Georgia for the most part and we beat preseason best team in West..? remains how we do without Allen rest of the way?
2. La. Tech- Driskel is tough, Dixon is just wow
3. FIU - Still an impressive win at UCF, hung with IU the whole way until bad play at the end to make score worse than it was
4. Marshall- You need a QB but talent still there on defense and still have Johnson at RB
5. Rice- Cannot count out the Owls
6. MTSU- Will Grammar take job back with a shaky freshmen at the helm? Or will coach's son cause a QB controversy and divide their team?
7. FAU - Hope Johnson is back healthy or it could spell some trouble ahead
8. Southern Miss- Still a lot to prove, but I think they will finish top 5 before its all said and done
9. Charlotte - 2 easy teams to open, will be interesting to see how they stack up vs. MTSU
10. UTSA - Tough schedule to start so they can move up rather easily
11. UTEP - Defense seems to have taken a step back, did they lost a lot of starters from last year?
12. ODU- Not sold yet with a shaky freshman QB and still as suspect defense, however Lawry could get this team bowl eligible easy, he is the real deal
13 UNT- Showed me very little last week

(09-14-2015 08:07 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  6. MTSU- Will Grammar take job back with a shaky freshmen at the helm? Or will coach's son cause a QB controversy and dived their team?

Shaky? He walked our team straight down the field multiple times against Alabama. We just couldn't convert in the red zone. He still showed a good amount of poise playing on the road against one of the best teams in the nation. To answer your question, no.

(09-13-2015 01:30 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  1. WKU
2. La Tech, USM, MT, FIU
6. Marshall, Rice, FAU
9. UTSA, ODU
11. UTEP, North Texas
13. Charlotte

Charlotte would dance all over UTEP. UNT would only beat the Miners by 17, which will be our (UTEP) closest game going forward. Oh, I forgot that we play Incarnate Word. There is still hope.

(09-14-2015 08:21 AM)MTowho Wrote:  

(09-14-2015 08:07 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  6. MTSU- Will Grammar take job back with a shaky freshmen at the helm? Or will coach's son cause a QB controversy and dived their team?

Shaky? He walked our team straight down the field multiple times against Alabama. We just couldn't convert in the red zone. He still showed a good amount of poise playing on the road against one of the best teams in the nation. To answer your question, no.

Ditto. We had issues in the game but QB play wasn't one. He had one interception. He threw up a jump ball to his best reciever on 3rd and long. It was about like a short punt. The way our punter was playing that may have been the better result...

I don't think anybody that watched that game thought Stockstill was shaky. I am Grammer fan but his touchdown was blown coverage against 3rd string. Compare Stock's 2nd game against Bama to Grammer's 2nd game against Minnesota. There is no controversy.

I cannot believe Grammer was benched after last season...We will see...

(09-14-2015 08:41 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  I cannot believe Grammer was benched after last season...We will see...

Have you watched Stock play? We have him for 4 seasons. I don't ever think I've been more confident in our team going forward than I am right now. That's not to say I think we'll win the division this year, but I am higher on our team than I was before the season started. I also think we're going to be a force for several years to come.

(09-13-2015 11:25 AM)Ole Blue Wrote:  1) WKU -- beat LA Tech in a good game.
2) MT -- skill match-up with Alabama, mistakes killer.
You gotta be kidding me! Alabama wasn't wasting energy on MT!
They allowed them to leave with dignity.
3) USM -- victory expected against FCS Pee
They beat an FCS team too, how are they ranks so high?
4) La Tech -- close game against WKU
5) FIU -- another close P5 loss, showing promise
6) Marshall -- disappointing loss to Bobcats
7) ODU -- not a great showing vs FCS Norfolk

There was a super storm and it was lightning. The game was delayed for like 2 hours! They only allowed a field goal and the touchdown was on a blocked punt. Every single time they got into the red zone, we stopped them. NSU is actually one of the better FCS teams. I hate people that don't know anything about college football puts in their pocketlint! (You aint worth 2 cents)